wyszukanych pozycji: 45
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Dagara Verbal Art: An African Tradition
ISBN: 9781433147043 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Dagara Verbal Art examines verbal art among the Dagara people of West Africa.
Dagara Verbal Art examines verbal art among the Dagara people of West Africa.
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660,17 |
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«Yes We Can»: Barack Obama's Proverbial Rhetoric
ISBN: 9781433106682 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. As President Barack Obama outlined his promise for change during the presidential campaign, he made effective use of proverbs and proverbial phrases, and invented many quotable epithets that have all the makings of future proverbs. This book examines how Obama s natural and authentic reliance on traditional metaphors enhances his impressive rhetoric, rather than reducing it to mere sound bites. Proverbs, with their often colorful metaphors, add expressiveness and emotion to his communications, giving people the opportunity to follow his pragmatic or philosophical arguments through common...
As President Barack Obama outlined his promise for change during the presidential campaign, he made effective use of proverbs and proverbial phrases, ...
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cena:
590,43 |
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Dornröschen
ISBN: 9783706912228 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 373 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Der Hintergrund des bekannten "Dornröschen"-Märchens geht bis zu romanischen Quellen aus dem vierzehnten Jahrhundert zurück und ist über Varianten von Giambattista Basile und Charles Perrault ins Deutsche gelangt. Als ursprünglich literarisches Märchen ist es erst in der heutigen Fassung von Wilhelm Grimm zu einem mündlich und schriftlich überlieferten Volksmärchen geworden. Wie sich der deutsche Text von 1810 bis 1857 entwickelt hat und welche Bedeutung sich in dem symbolisch-poetischen Text verstecken mag, wird in zwei umfangreichen Kapiteln dargestellt. Weitere Kapitel widmen...
Der Hintergrund des bekannten "Dornröschen"-Märchens geht bis zu romanischen Quellen aus dem vierzehnten Jahrhundert zurück und ist über Varianten...
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cena:
205,72 |
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We Are All in the Same Boat Now
ISBN: 9783034353267 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The book is based on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speeches, press conferences, proclamations, and letters. The eleven chapters of the first part deal with his interest in language, his proverbial vision in his four inaugural addresses, his "four freedoms" phrase, his proverbial language for world peace, his reliance on quotations, his propensity to coin sententious remarks, his dependence on Bible proverbs, his use of folk proverbs, his employment of proverbial phrases, his reliance on animal metaphors, and his use of maritime phrases. The second part provides a comprehensive index of the many...
The book is based on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speeches, press conferences, proclamations, and letters. The eleven chapters of the first part deal w...
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cena:
328,61 |
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«Yes We Can»: Barack Obama's Proverbial Rhetoric
ISBN: 9781433106675 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. As President Barack Obama outlined his promise for change during the presidential campaign, he made effective use of proverbs and proverbial phrases, and invented many quotable epithets that have all the makings of future proverbs. This book examines how Obama s natural and authentic reliance on traditional metaphors enhances his impressive rhetoric, rather than reducing it to mere sound bites. Proverbs, with their often colorful metaphors, add expressiveness and emotion to his communications, giving people the opportunity to follow his pragmatic or philosophical arguments through common...
As President Barack Obama outlined his promise for change during the presidential campaign, he made effective use of proverbs and proverbial phrases, ...
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cena:
205,43 |
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Worth a Thousand Words: Cultural, Literary, and Political Proverb Studies
ISBN: 9781496858283 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
cena:
429,24 |
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Politics of Proverbs: From Traditional Wisdom to Proverbial Stereotypes
ISBN: 9780299154547 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Proverbs, though anonymous, speak with great authority, and politicians from classical to modern times have deployed them effectively in their rhetoric. In looking at political proverbs in the twentieth century, Wolfgang Mieder the leading expert on proverbs today offers proof of the power of these bits of borrowed wisdom to serve any master or any purpose, for good or ill.
Mieder first singles out Adolf Hitler s Mein Kampf, in which the Fuhrer used proverbs to advocate the deadly goals of Nazism. Pitted against Hitler s rhetoric is that of Winston Churchill, who was, Mieder... Proverbs, though anonymous, speak with great authority, and politicians from classical to modern times have deployed them effectively in their rhetori...
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cena:
73,12 |
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The Transatlantic Culture Trade: Caribbean Creole Proverbs from Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean
ISBN: 9781433157233 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
cena:
255,39 |
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Behold the Proverbs of a People: Proverbial Wisdom in Culture, Literature, and Politics
ISBN: 9781628461404 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The thirteen chapters of this book comprise an intriguing and informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs have always been and continue to be wisdom's international currency. The first section of the book focuses on the field of paremiology (proverb studies) in general, the spread of Anglo-American proverbs in Europe, and the phenomenon of modern proverbs. The second section analyzes the use of proverbs in the world of politics, including a chapter on President Obama, while the third concentrates on the uses of proverbs in literature. The final... The thirteen chapters of this book comprise an intriguing and informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs h... |
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429,24 |
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From Goethe to Novalis: Studies in Classicism and Romanticism: Festschrift for Dennis F. Mahoney in Celebration of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday
ISBN: 9781433127601 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 339 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This Festschrift in honor of Dennis F. Mahoney s sixty-fifth birthday is somewhat different from the standard Festschrift: rather than present essays from various authors, this Festschrift collects twenty-one of Mahoney s most important English-language publications on German Classicism and Romanticism published over the past thirty years. Mahoney is the author and editor of many articles and books in German and English, among them Die Poetisierung der Natur bei Novalis (1980), Der Roman der Goethezeit (1988), The Eighteenth Century and Uses of the Past...
This Festschrift in honor of Dennis F. Mahoney s sixty-fifth birthday is somewhat different from the standard Festschrift: rather than p...
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cena:
547,06 |
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International Bibliography of Paremiology and Phraseology: Volume 1: A M. Volume 2: N Z
ISBN: 9783110200263 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 1151 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This international bibliography registers 10,000 paremiological and phraseological publications from around the world that have appeared during the past two centuries. Every bibliographical reference is followed by one to three lines of alphabetically arranged key-words (names, subjects, titles, and texts of individual proverbs and phrases). At the end of the volume all key-words are listed in a name, subject, and proverb index. The bibliography represents an invaluable research tool for such scholarly fields as anthropology, art history, communication, cultural studies, ethnography,... This international bibliography registers 10,000 paremiological and phraseological publications from around the world that have appeared during the... |
cena:
2507,12 |
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«Ich Habe Den Kopf So Voll»: Wilhelm Heinse ALS Sprichwortreicher Literat Im 18. Jahrhundert
ISBN: 9783039108213 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2006 / 333 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
cena:
657,64 |
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Wise Words (Rle Folklore): Essays on the Proverb
ISBN: 9781138845664 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 580 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
321,89 |
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Vom Gedruckten Sprichwoerterbuch Zur Interaktiven Sprichwortdatenbank: Ueberlegungen Zum Linguistischen Und Lexikographischen Konzept Mehrsprachiger S
ISBN: 9783034305235 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2010 / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Dieses Buch wurde von der Universitat Pecs als beste Publikation des Jahres 2010 ausgezeichnet.
Unbegrenzter Speicherplatz, Moglichkeit zu standiger Aktualisierung und vielfaltige Zugriffsmoglichkeiten auf die Daten dies sind nur einige Vorteile der digitalen Worterbucher im Vergleich zu traditionellen Druckwerken. Diese Arbeit setzt sich zum Ziel, auf dem aktuellen Stand der Sprichwortforschung das Konzept multilingualer Sprichwortdatenbanken zu entwickeln. Im ersten Teil der Arbeit geht die Autorin grundlegenden theoretischen und empirischen Fragen nach wie z.B.: Wie lassen sich... Dieses Buch wurde von der Universitat Pecs als beste Publikation des Jahres 2010 ausgezeichnet.
Unbegrenzter Speicherplatz, Moglichkeit zu ... |
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478,58 |
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The Politics of Proverbs: From Traditional Wisdom to Proverbial Stereotypes
ISBN: 9780299154509 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Proverbs, though anonymous, speak with great authority, and politicians from classical to modern times have deployed them effectively in their rhetoric. In looking at political proverbs in the twentieth century, Wolfgang Mieder the leading expert on proverbs today offers proof of the power of these bits of borrowed wisdom to serve any master or any purpose, for good or ill.
Mieder first singles out Adolf Hitler s "Mein Kampf," in which the Fuhrer used proverbs to advocate the deadly goals of Nazism. Pitted against Hitler s rhetoric is that of Winston Churchill, who was, Mieder... Proverbs, though anonymous, speak with great authority, and politicians from classical to modern times have deployed them effectively in their rhetori...
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cena:
209,75 |
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Essays on German Literature and the Holocaust: Festschrift for David A. Scrase in Celebration of His Eightieth Birthday
ISBN: 9781433163265 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This celebratory volume consists of nineteen previously published essays by Professor David A. Scrase. These English-language essays are divided into three sections: (1) studies on the twentieth-century German author Wilhelm Lehmann; (2) literary studies on Johannes Bobrowski, Ludwig Greve, Stephan Hermlin, and others; and (3) studies on the literature, art, and film of the Holocaust. The book addresses German literature of the twentieth century in particular, with an emphasis on modern poetry and fiction by East and West German authors. Another theme concerns itself with biographical matters...
This celebratory volume consists of nineteen previously published essays by Professor David A. Scrase. These English-language essays are divided into ...
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cena:
601,84 |
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Proverbs; A Handbook
ISBN: 9781433120244 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The book comprises a comprehensive survey of the multifaceted nature of proverbs as colorful expressions of folk wisdom. The first part deals with the definition and classification of proverbs, including such matters as proverb markers and meanings, origin and dissemination, traditional forms related to proverbs, and types of proverb collections. The second part presents essays on the origin, history and modern use of a variety of proverbs. There are also representative lists of proverbs from different cultures and languages, Native American proverbs, African American proverbs, etc. The third...
The book comprises a comprehensive survey of the multifaceted nature of proverbs as colorful expressions of folk wisdom. The first part deals with the...
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cena:
225,47 |
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Wise Words (Rle Folklore): Essays on the Proverb
ISBN: 9781138844254 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 606 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The twenty essays that comprise this book, which was first published in 1994, were written by leading paremiologists and folklorists from Africa, Canada, Great Britain, Germany and the US. They represent the best scholarship on proverbs in the English language, and together they give an impressive overview of the fascinating advances in the field of paremiology.
The twenty essays that comprise this book, which was first published in 1994, were written by leading paremiologists and folklorists from Africa, Cana...
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cena:
975,56 |
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The Pied Piper: A Handbook
ISBN: 9780313334641 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Few figures are as famous, mysterious, and influential as the Pied Piper, the notorious catcher of rats and children. With his magical music he was able to bewitch anyone and anything to follow him blindly, and he continues to influence the contemporary imagination. This book overviews the history of the Pied Piper legend and its lasting significance. Included are excerpts from numerous texts, along with examples of the Pied Piper in art, children's books, political cartoons, and popular culture. The volume also reviews scholarship on the Pied Piper and lists print and electronic... Few figures are as famous, mysterious, and influential as the Pied Piper, the notorious catcher of rats and children. With his magical music he was... |
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282,40 |
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Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs
ISBN: 9781800731318 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
cena:
507,29 |